When to get your updated COVID vaccine depends on your age, how many vaccine doses you’ve already gotten, and when you got them. The CDC has created an online tool to help determine when to get your next booster.
What are the updated vaccines?
The COVID-19 vaccines continue to work very well at preventing severe illness, hospitalization, and death.
The updated vaccines now available from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna target the Omicron variant, which is the COVID virus infecting people today. They’re an additional dose for people who’ve completed their primary vaccination series.
Novavax offers a booster dose of its COVID vaccine, but it doesn’t target Omicron. People 18 and older can get the extra Novavax dose if they’ve completed their primary vaccination series.
Who should get an updated COVID vaccine?
All vaccinated people 6 months and older should get an updated vaccine when eligible.
Children 6 months – 4 years who got all 3 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech primary vaccination series don’t need an updated vaccine at this time.
Where can I get vaccinated?
The state’s vaccine locator can be used by to find another available vaccination appointment locally.